The Reborn Wife is Farming

Mu Yangling broke away from Mu Shi's hand, squeezed through the crowd and stepped forward to stop the person who was about to take out the land deed, looked at the prefect Wu with piercing eyes, and asked in a loud voice: "Master prefect, my little girl has no shape, but I really have some questions. Please tell me, you are our parent officer, we understand you, we dare not ask you to treat us like sons, we only want to be fair and honest."

After all, without waiting for Wu Shancai to answer, he directly asked in a deep voice: "My lord, although my daughter is ignorant, she also knows that every state capital and even every county has a food depot, and every autumn harvest, the old food in it is replaced with new food. If Mingshui County was breached, even if the grain depots were robbed, there would still be grain depots in two counties under it. Moreover, the grain depots in Fucheng were three times that of the county, even if the grain depots in other counties were robbed. If you don’t want to lend me Mingshui County, Fucheng should also take some out to help the victims, why do you ask us people to mortgage the land deeds to raise food? Then where did the taxes and food we paid before go?”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Wu Shancai in surprise.

Yes, there is still food in the food bank, and we handed in those, why not take them out?

Wu Shancai's expression didn't change, and Liu Yuanwai, who was standing beside him, took a step forward and scolded: "You ignorant boy, back down quickly, how can you be presumptuous in front of the magistrate, why are you standing there? Hurry up and drive him out."

"Mr. Liu is right. I am indeed ignorant. That's why I asked the magistrate. The old sage Confucius said that what you know is what you know, and what you don't know is what you don't know. If you don't know, you have to ask. Otherwise, if you don't learn, don't ask, you will never know. What's more, The magistrate loves the people like a son, and he didn’t chase me away, so why do you have to do it for me as a member.” Mu Yangling looked at him sharply, scanned around, and said: “But I also have a few words to ask Liu Yuanwai and All Yuanwailang."

"Little girl," Wu Zhifu interrupted her with a smile, "If you have any questions, you can ask me in private, it's better not to waste the time of the big guys, you know, their families are still waiting for them to take the food back," said With a pitiful sigh, "It's because of my incompetence that I failed to let the people under my rule live and work in peace."

"Master Wu, what I'm asking is related to everyone present. I believe they also want to know, why delay? As for the incompetence that Master Wu said, my daughter thinks that the lord has finally told the truth." Mu Yangling ignored his pale and pale face, and said: "My little girl heard that Qian Shu, the fugitive county magistrate of Mingshui County, is the favorite student of the lord. He was promoted to the county magistrate at the beginning because he was recommended by the lord. He abandoned the city and fled, killing all the people in the county. In the middle of the fire and water, I heard that he is now hiding in the Lord's mansion, I don't know how Lord Wu plans to deal with it?"

"Furthermore, Mr. Wu said that several Yuanwailang were kind-hearted and willing to lend us the grain stored in their homes, but they didn't know how much the interest on the borrowed grain would be, and they asked us when we had to return it. The land deed is up, and the land is still ours. Is it still the masters? When will the land deed be returned, will we cultivate it in the spring, or will the masters use the land? These things have not been clarified by the magistrate, but we dare not borrow grain. "

He said with a smile, "However, we have a food depot in Fucheng, so we may not need us to pledge the land deed in exchange for food."

As soon as these words came out, everyone collected the land deeds and pleaded: "My lord, the family really can't survive, so you can open the treasury for disaster relief."

"That's right, it's understandable that Mingshui County was breached and there was no food, but Fucheng and other county towns have all been defended. Your lord can't just ignore us."

Wu Shancai said loudly: "Folks, I know that everyone is in a difficult situation, but the food in this relief storehouse is for natural disasters. There is no imperial decree, so I dare not open it. The current plan is to deposit the land deed first. The official immediately wrote a letter requesting the opening of a grain depot, what do you think?"

With the beginning of Mu Yangling, there is no need for her to remind later. Several old people stood up and asked: "My lord, before depositing the land deed, please ask your lord and a few masters to answer the little girl's question just now. We also want to know The interest of the lords, the land has been staked, has it belonged to the lords, or is it still ours? Is this food that we must pay back next autumn harvest, or can it be extended for a few years? The adults also know that we poor people The common people depend on the sky for their food, and they don’t know whether the heavens will reward them next year. If they want to pay back in the first year, it will be difficult! This land is our lifeline, so adults and gentlemen should make it clear to us.”

The faces of the country gentry standing behind Wu Shancai sank, Yuanwai He snorted coldly and said: "We kindly borrowed your food to keep you alive, but you are forcing us to ask about us." He threw his sleeves and said, "You love Do you want to borrow it or not?" He clasped his fist at Wu Shancai and said, "Master Wu, we are only willing to lend them food for your sake. They don't appreciate it, and we don't need to be annoying here. Man, lift the table and let's go."

Several other Yuanwailang looked at each other and asked the servants to pack up the tables and chairs and leave. Everyone panicked, for fear that they would run out of food when they left. You must know that they have been hungry for a long time, and they can go hungry again. But the parents, wives and children at home can no longer be hungry.

"My lord, our question is not difficult for others. Why are both lords and gentlemen unwilling to answer? Or is it true that your lord colluded with several lords to plot our land deed?" A strong man separated from the crowd and stood. Come out and drink.

Wu Shancai pointed at them with trembling fingers, "Tricksters, tricksters, a bunch of tricksters, I'm all for you, yet you slander and insult me ​​so much, come and arrest them, arrest them."

Mu Yangling laughed and said, "Your Excellency is so confused. Don't you know the law that I, a nine-year-old child, don't know? Emperor Sejong once made a law that officials should not condemn the people with their words. We are just asking you a few words. Not only did your lord not answer, but why did you offend us instead? Does your lord not want to answer, or is he unable to answer?"

"That's right, I can even scold the emperor, so why can't I scold you as a magistrate?" An old woman came out with a cane and said, "These masters don't need to scare us, tens of thousands of people in one prefecture, three counties and nine townships were affected. Could it be that the magistrate still wants to starve us to death?"

"Don't talk about anything else, my lord only said whether there is any food in the food bank. Although we haven't read the book, we also know that if things need to be done urgently, my family has no land or farmland. Although I have a lot of strength, I don't want to be slaves." , I paid a lot of taxes and grains in previous years, so you just said that you can't open a warehouse." A strong man asked Wu Shancai aggressively.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was mobilized, who would be willing to mortgage the land deed if they could get grain for free, and they all gathered around to ask the prefect Wu to give an explanation.

Wu Shancai was so angry that he had nothing to do with these unruly people. He couldn't help but blame Emperor Sejong for being too lenient towards these unruly people when he enacted the law.

Upon seeing this, Master Huang said in a low voice: "My lord, let's stay out of the way for now, let them starve for another two days and they will be honest."

Wu Shancai snorted coldly, stared at Mu Yangling fiercely, turned around and slapped his sleeves and said, "Drive him away, go and find out who that child is?"

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